Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Jun 30, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-5973
CVE-2020-5973
Description
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager and the guest drivers contain a vulnerability in vGPU plugin, in which there is the potential to execute privileged operations, which may lead to denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.4), version 9.x (prior to 9.4) and version 10.x (prior to 10.3).
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- Range: prior to 8.4, prior to 9.4, prior to 10.3
- Range: All
Patches
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References
3- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5031nvdVendor Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4404-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4404-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
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